The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
9:16 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1084
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 121.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 3.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.76° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.39° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.78° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.