The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
3:04 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 986
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.9° / 46.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -21.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.95° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.36° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.