The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 1982
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
12:04 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 732
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -22.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.50° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.96° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.