The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 11, 1928
Waning Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 AM
5:49 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 69
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 | 308.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.8° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 49m / 25.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.60° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.16° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.