The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 11, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
2:18 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 490
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 | 125.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.2° / 64.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.72° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.92° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.