The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 15, 1991
Waxing Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
11:11 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 849
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 103.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.52° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.88° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.62° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.