The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 11, 1998
Waning Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
10:35 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 935
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 282.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / -0.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.52° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.01° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.