The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 11, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
5:00 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 292
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 | 165.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.0° / 330.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -22.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.45° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.71° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.