The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 15, 1913
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
6:12 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -115
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 5:52 AM, is deepest at 7:47 AM and ends at 9:43 AM. Totality lasts from 7:00 AM to 8:35 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 346.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -2.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.14° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.97° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| 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.