The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 2002
Waning Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
9:46 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 979
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 273.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.28° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / -3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.74° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.