The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 11, 2081
First Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1962
Events on this date
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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 | 89.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 96.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -22.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.41° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.61° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.01° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.