The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 31, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
1:32 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 767
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 68.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 7.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.24° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.46° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| 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.