The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 11, 1987
Waning Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
9:11 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 799
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 | 211.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 290.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 24m / -5.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.72° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.60° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.