The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 2101
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
6:48 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2209
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 2:37 AM, is deepest at 4:22 AM and ends at 6:06 AM. Totality lasts from 3:41 AM to 5:02 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 307.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -14.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.23° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.38° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| 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.