The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 31, 2002
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
8:15 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 980
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 284.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.82° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.85° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| 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.