The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 24, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
4:08 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 980
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 41.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 22.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.97° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.25° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.