The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 7, 2044
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
7:10 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1505
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 5:35 AM, is deepest at 7:19 AM and ends at 9:02 AM. Totality lasts from 7:01 AM to 7:37 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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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 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 322.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -4.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.93° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.2° |
| 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.