The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 7, 1982
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
7:12 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 736
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.6° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -21.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.98° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / 2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.64° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.