The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 1979
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
7:07 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 701
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 5:17 AM, is deepest at 6:54 AM and ends at 8:30 AM. Totality lasts from 6:31 AM to 7:17 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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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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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 319.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -6.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.44° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.82° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| 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.