The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 27, 2002
Waning Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
1:05 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 986
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 289.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 37m / 22.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.87° / -0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.39° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.