The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 28, 2002
Waning Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
2:06 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 986
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 284.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 24.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.19° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.64° / -0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.57° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.