The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 11, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
1:01 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 218
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 | 104.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 80.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -16.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.70° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.57° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.