The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 26, 1931
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
7:05 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 108
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.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 1:54 PM, is deepest at 3:48 PM and ends at 5:41 PM. Totality lasts from 3:05 PM to 4:30 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 331.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / -0.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.91° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.37° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 224.9° |
| 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.