The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 11, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
4:30 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1566
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.7° / 3.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -17.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.87° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.56° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.