The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 26, 1996
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
6:43 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 912
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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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 9:12 PM, is deepest at 10:54 PM and ends at 12:36 AM. Totality lasts from 10:19 PM to 11:29 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 337.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / -0.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.72° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.58° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| 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.