The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 2016
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
6:53 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1159
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 12:54 PM, is deepest at 2:54 PM and ends at 4:54 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.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 327.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / -3.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.46° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.85° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 216.0° |
| 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.