The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 28, 1982
First Quarter
54.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
1:46 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.5%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 736
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 69.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / 0.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.63° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.15° / -6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.19° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.