The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 11, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
3:07 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 20
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 46.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -19.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.86° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.32° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.