The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
2:04 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 732
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 Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 61.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 20.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.05° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.42° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.