The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 11, 2032
Waxing Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
11:02 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1356
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 103.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -8.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.09° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.83° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.