The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
6:09 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 986
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.4° / 333.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / -9.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.46° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.83° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 219.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.