The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 11, 2002
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
10:43 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 985
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 | 39.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 103.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / 5.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.38° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.68° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.10° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.