The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 3, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
63.0% 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
4:08 PM
12:26 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 763
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 89.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -25.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.29° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.78° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.15° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.