The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 11, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
3:06 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -79
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.4° / 42.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -21.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.45° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.22° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.