The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 28, 2002
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
6:39 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 980
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 344.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / 1.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.99° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.62° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 13.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.