The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 2002
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
9:15 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 979
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 287.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -7.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.87° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.59° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.