The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 25, 2002
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
11:03 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 986
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 14.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.84° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / 3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.03° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.