The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 13, 1982
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
9:02 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 732
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -9.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.69° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.10° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.