The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 1982
Waxing Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 732
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 83.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 34m / 14.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.82° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.76° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.