The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 11, 1900
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 PM
6:34 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -277
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 328.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -6.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.89° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.96° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 47.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.