The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 29, 1982
Waxing Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
11:57 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 733
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 91.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 17m / 17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.55° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.74° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.