The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 7, 1982
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
12:31 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 739
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 50m / 20.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.73° / -2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / 3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.90° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.