The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 29, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
1:39 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 737
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 74.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.61° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.30° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.