The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 11, 1920
Waning Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
6:28 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -30
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 | 325.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.5° / 209.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 59m / 18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.06° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.81° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.