The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
5:13 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 763
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.1° / 342.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -16.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.29° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.16° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.21° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.