The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
6:30 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 732
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 2.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 13.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.19° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.65° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.