The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 29, 2061
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
7:35 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1716
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 3:54 AM, is deepest at 5:36 AM and ends at 7:17 AM. Totality lasts from 5:06 AM to 6:06 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 327.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 4.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.57° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.54° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.