The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 16, 1959
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
6:44 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 454
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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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 6:48 PM, is deepest at 9:02 PM and ends at 11:17 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.4° / 332.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -3.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.64° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.57° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.