The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 11, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
12:53 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1158
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 | 99.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 81.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -15.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.30° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.55° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.