The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 PM
5:21 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 730
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 23.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 07m / 19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.49° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.71° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.50° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| 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.