The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
3:10 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 763
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.3° / 43.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -23.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.00° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.57° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.