The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 11, 2007
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 AM
8:07 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1046
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 | 344.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.4° / 153.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 22.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.94° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.05° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.