The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
3:19 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 762
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.4° / 36.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -25.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.01° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.73° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.