The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 14, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
12:56 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 987
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 81.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -22.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.93° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.37° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.11° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.