The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 11, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
12:17 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 354
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 | 105.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -25.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.25° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.79° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.34° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.7° |
| 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.