The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 11, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
1:30 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1529
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 | 122.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.4° / 77.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -26.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.88° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.93° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.57° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.