The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 11, 2084
Waxing Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
1:20 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1999
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 78.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -25.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.65° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / 3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.95° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.