The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 7, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
6:06 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 733
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 356.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / 0.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.98° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.13° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 320.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.