The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 15, 1984
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
10:20 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 762
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / -0.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.17° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.25° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.61° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| 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.