The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 1982
Waning Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
1:39 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 739
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 285.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 51m / 22.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.85° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / 1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.08° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.