The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 14, 1991
Waxing Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
10:40 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 849
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 107.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -13.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.53° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.07° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.85° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.