The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 5, 1960
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
7:07 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 466
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 5:35 AM, is deepest at 7:21 AM and ends at 9:06 AM. Totality lasts from 6:37 AM to 8:04 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 320.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -5.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.67° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.98° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.