The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 16, 1984
Waning Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
11:18 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 762
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 281.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 4.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.00° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.80° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| 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.