The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 2002
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
8:07 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 986
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 314.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / 0.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.30° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.51° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| 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.