The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 5, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
5:31 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 736
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.9° / 316.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -22.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.27° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / -0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.75° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.