The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 11, 2096
Last Quarter
44.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
2:58 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2147
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 269.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 35m / 19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.06° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.85° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| 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.