The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 11, 1955
Waning Crescent
43.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
3:10 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 403
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Venus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.55° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.09° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.