The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 11, 2061
Waning Crescent
18.1% 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
1:56 AM
6:09 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.1%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1714
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.7° / 252.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 58m / 28.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.50° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.32° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.