The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
5:58 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 850
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 350.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -2.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.94° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.84° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.