The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 11, 1903
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
8:43 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -240
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 303.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -1.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.71° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.74° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.