The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 11, 1926
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
10:28 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 45
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 | 33.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 105.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 7.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.87° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.10° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.