The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 11, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
4:27 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1096
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 | 155.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.9° / 4.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -18.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.67° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.15° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.