The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 11, 2031
Waning Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
3:55 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1343
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.8° / 261.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 23m / 20.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.37° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.06° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.