The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 11, 1918
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
10:31 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -54
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 108.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -9.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.01° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.43° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.