The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 2192
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
7:34 PM
7:11 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3336
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 9:10 AM, is deepest at 10:55 AM and ends at 12:39 PM. Totality lasts from 10:07 AM to 11:42 AM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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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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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 100.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 328.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / 0.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.77° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.4° |
| 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.