The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 30, 1991
Last Quarter
54.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.2%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 850
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 279.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 24.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.36° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.01° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.54° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.