The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 7, 1982
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
6:49 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 735
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.9° / 291.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -21.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.44° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.99° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.