The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 2, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
3:02 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 733
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 53.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.95° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.97° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.