The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 1982
Waning Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
8:33 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 732
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 299.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -5.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.17° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.94° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.