The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 8, 2090
Full Moon
99.9% 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
7:46 PM
6:45 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2074
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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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 5:02 PM, is deepest at 6:49 PM and ends at 8:36 PM. Totality lasts from 6:32 PM to 7:06 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.0° / 327.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -5.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.48° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.23° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.