The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 7, 2002
Waning Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
12:30 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 979
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 232.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -24.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.42° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / 2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.42° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.