The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 11, 1966
Waning Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
4:43 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 539
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 | 295.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.1° / 261.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 49m / 24.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.78° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.01° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.53° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.