The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Waning Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
12:15 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1071
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 | 243.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 13.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.05° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.54° / -6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.44° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.