The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
6:52 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 766
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 3.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 22.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.09° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.