The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 3, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
4:11 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 736
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.0° / 17.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -19.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.66° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.67° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.15° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.