The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 2002
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
8:14 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 980
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 139.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 0.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.59° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.19° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.96° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.