The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 2002
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
7:57 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 987
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 330.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 9.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.01° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.04° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.