The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 28, 1982
Waxing Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
10:46 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 733
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.9° / 104.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 13.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.17° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.95° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.