The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 11, 1982
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 PM
8:05 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 732
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 314.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -0.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.36° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.79° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| 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.