The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 2002
Waning Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 980
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 260.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -22.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.56° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.18° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.