The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 4, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
72.6% 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
5:05 PM
1:15 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 763
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.8° / 80.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -26.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.09° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.24° / 4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.95° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.