The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
12:48 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 766
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 78.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / -6.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.72° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.24° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| 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.