The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 6, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
1:45 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 762
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.0° / 74.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -23.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.28° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.12° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.