The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 11, 1953
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
9:19 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 379
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 | 21.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 119.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 4.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.67° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.97° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.