The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 25, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 PM
4:53 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 980
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 31.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 18.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.50° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.09° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.