The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 2002
Waning Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
8:44 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 979
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 303.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -1.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.03° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.39° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.44° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.