The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 11, 1923
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
8:00 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 7
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Venus 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 | 349.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.5° / 150.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.70° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.71° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.