The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
1:27 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1096
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 76.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -23.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.02° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.66° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.74° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.