The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 8, 1982
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
7:34 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 735
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 279.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -22.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.24° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / -0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.18° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.