The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 11, 2051
Waxing Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
10:58 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1591
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 | 57.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 103.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -7.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.99° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / 1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.26° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.