The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 11, 2024
Waxing Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
11:43 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1257
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 | 79.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.66° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / 3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.19° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.