The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 11, 1929
Waxing Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 82
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 93.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -15.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.84° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.33° / -0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.98° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.