The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 4, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
4:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 736
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.4° / 346.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.47° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.95° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.