The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 2043
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
6:36 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1493
Events on this date
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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 8:07 PM, is deepest at 9:50 PM and ends at 11:33 PM. Totality lasts from 9:14 PM to 10:26 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 332.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / -4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.30° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.78° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.3° |
| 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.