The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 16, 1978
Full Moon
100.0% 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
7:41 PM
6:55 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 689
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 1:20 PM, is deepest at 3:04 PM and ends at 4:48 PM. Totality lasts from 2:24 PM to 3:43 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 328.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -2.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.74° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.76° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.