The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 19, 1982
Waning Crescent
31.6% 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
3:15 AM
12:55 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.6%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 732
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 231.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -21.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.46° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / 0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.15° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.