The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 17, 1984
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
2:18 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 763
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 282.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 00m / 24.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.34° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.96° / -1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.43° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.