The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 15, 2008
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
7:27 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1060
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° 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.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 326.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / 1.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.76° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.28° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 24.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.