The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 11, 2042
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
6:12 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1479
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 | 311.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.4° / 250.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 28.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.18° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.51° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.