The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 11, 1988
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 AM
8:25 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 811
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 | 350.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.1° / 140.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 20.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.81° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.48° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.