The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 11, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
12:20 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 589
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 | 105.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 90.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -26.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.38° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.53° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.