The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 25, 1950
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
5:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 343
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 9:31 PM, is deepest at 11:16 PM and ends at 1:01 AM. Totality lasts from 10:53 PM to 11:39 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 358.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / -1.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.59° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.26° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.8° |
| 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.