The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 AM
6:28 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1145
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 | 326.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.3° / 206.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.88° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.37° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.