The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 11, 2006
Waning Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
9:11 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1034
Events on this date
-
Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 291.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 24m / -4.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.87° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / 1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.40° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.