The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 11, 1982
Waning Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 737
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 | 259.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 270.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 9.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.46° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.40° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.27° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.