The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 8, 1982
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
8:08 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 736
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 278.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -19.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.96° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.84° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.