The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 2, 1984
First Quarter
52.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.6%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 763
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 95.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -23.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.18° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.01° / 1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.35° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.