The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 11, 2055
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
10:29 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1640
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 281.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / -1.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.50° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.19° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.