The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 2002
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
7:08 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 986
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 322.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -4.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.41° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.66° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 151.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.