The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 11, 2062
First Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
11:58 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1727
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 97.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 46m / -20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.27° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.65° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.81° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.