The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 11, 2014
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 PM
7:44 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1133
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 306.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -7.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.96° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.82° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.