The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 2, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
3:38 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 736
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.3° / 39.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -16.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.79° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.35° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.