The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 2173
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
7:11 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3101
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 9:11 AM, is deepest at 10:43 AM and ends at 12:16 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 327.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / -0.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.88° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.03° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 140.8° |
| 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.