The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 11, 1986
Waxing Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
11:34 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 787
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 98.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -12.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.23° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / 1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.80° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.