The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 16, 1991
Waxing Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
11:47 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 849
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 99.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 53m / -21.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.12° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.40° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.