The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
2:19 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 980
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 59.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 41m / 24.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.31° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.13° / -1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.59° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.