The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 2002
Waning Crescent
24.4% 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
4:03 AM
1:23 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 979
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 223.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -24.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.83° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.61° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.