The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 8, 1982
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
6:33 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 733
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 338.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -3.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.81° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.8° |
| 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.