The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 11, 2017
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
10:30 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1170
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 | 226.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 282.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / -0.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.90° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.83° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.