The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 1997
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
7:45 PM
6:53 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 924
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 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 1:08 PM, is deepest at 2:46 PM and ends at 4:25 PM. Totality lasts from 2:15 PM to 3:17 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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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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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.4° / 328.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 31m / -3.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.13° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.23° / 0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.95° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 229.7° |
| 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.