The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 11, 2012
Waning Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
4:06 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1108
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 260.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 21.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.77° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / 1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.48° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.