The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 11, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
3:04 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1430
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.5° / 47.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -23.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.56° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.95° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.