The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 6, 1982
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
6:19 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 736
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 1:32 AM, is deepest at 3:30 AM and ends at 5:29 AM. Totality lasts from 2:37 AM to 4:24 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 297.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -22.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.09° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.99° / 0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.44° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.