The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 1982
Waning Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 732
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 264.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -17.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.96° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.43° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.