The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 23, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
3:17 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 980
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 51.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 24.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.90° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.42° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.