The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 26, 2002
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
12:04 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 986
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 294.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.78° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.20° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.