The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 7, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 PM
5:51 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 732
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 16.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 17.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.35° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.79° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.