The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 4, 2002
Waning Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 979
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 261.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -17.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.21° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.69° / -2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.90° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.