The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
1:53 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 850
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -20.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.07° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.55° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.