The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 11, 1980
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 AM
9:11 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 713
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 | 9.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.8° / 122.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 12.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.03° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / -0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.83° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.