The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 11, 2023
Waning Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
5:54 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1244
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 | 307.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.4° / 253.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 27.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.50° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.71° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.