The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 1982
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
10:39 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 732
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -19.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.85° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.60° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.