The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 29, 2002
Last Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 986
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 278.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 26m / 25.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.82° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.15° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.77° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.