The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 1, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 PM
3:28 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 737
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.3° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -22.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.14° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / -0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.69° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.