The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 30, 2002
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
7:41 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 980
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 302.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -10.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.23° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.69° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| 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.