The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
2:29 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 762
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.4° / 61.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -25.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.25° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.92° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.