The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
3:23 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1096
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.0° / 37.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -21.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.65° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.34° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.