The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 26, 1991
Waning Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
10:22 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 850
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 310.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.81° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.82° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.9° |
| 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.