The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 11, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
2:14 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -215
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 64.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.88° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.64° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| 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.