The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 9, 2112
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 PM
5:58 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2344
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 11:28 AM, is deepest at 1:15 PM and ends at 3:03 PM. Totality lasts from 12:26 PM to 2:05 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 100.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 304.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.97° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.23° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| 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.