The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 29, 2002
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 PM
7:10 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 980
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 323.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -4.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.24° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.84° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.53° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.