The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 9, 2060
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
7:16 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1704
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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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 12:55 PM, is deepest at 2:51 PM and ends at 4:47 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 334.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 4.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.55° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.87° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.16° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 206.5° |
| 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.