The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 11, 1957
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
7:45 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 428
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 | 192.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 307.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -6.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.98° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.63° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.1° |
| 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.