The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 11, 2078
Waxing Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
10:44 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1925
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 | 45.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 103.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / 1.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.86° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.11° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.