The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 2108
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 PM
7:35 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2297
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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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 12:00 AM, is deepest at 1:43 AM and ends at 3:26 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 323.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / 0.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.55° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.16° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| 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.