The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 11, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
12:43 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 824
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 | 111.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 87.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -27.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.78° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.74° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.