The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 11, 1990
Waning Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
12:13 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 836
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 13.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.44° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.63° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.