The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 26, 2121
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
7:18 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2458
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 334.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / 5.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.31° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.96° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 325.7° |
| 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.