The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 11, 1937
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
10:58 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 181
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 | 62.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 104.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -12.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.54° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.62° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.