The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 7, 2006
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
6:42 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1035
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° 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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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 2:05 PM, is deepest at 2:51 PM and ends at 3:37 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 323.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / -7.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.29° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / 1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.81° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 211.5° |
| 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.