The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
1:59 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 987
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 67.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -19.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.30° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.45° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.93° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.