The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 11, 1979
Waning Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
10:44 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 700
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 | 229.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 282.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 0.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.83° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / 3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.21° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.