The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 11, 1991
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
9:16 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 849
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 2.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 121.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 4.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.97° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.57° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.