The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 15, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
1:05 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 986
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 81.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -25.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.80° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.39° / 4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.73° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| 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.