The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 11, 2155
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 PM
7:25 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2878
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 1:21 AM, is deepest at 2:57 AM and ends at 4:33 AM. Totality lasts from 2:51 AM to 3:03 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 320.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / -2.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.88° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.75° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| 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.