The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 1, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
3:42 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 735
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 44.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -1.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.84° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.18° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.