The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 11, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
1:20 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1059
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 | 120.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 80.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -27.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.21° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.93° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| 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.