The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 28, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
1:10 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 737
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 78.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 57m / -12.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.51° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.52° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.