The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
4:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 850
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 9.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -7.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.38° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.01° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.