The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 11, 1917
Waning Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -67
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 24.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.99° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / -2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.20° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.