The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 11, 1922
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
10:19 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -5
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 286.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / 0.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.92° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.20° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.01° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.