The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
5:32 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 980
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 18.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 13.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.44° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.96° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.93° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.