The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
5:04 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 732
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 29.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 20.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.36° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / -1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.94° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.