The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 11, 2108
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
11:17 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2296
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 | 59.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 100.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -5.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.42° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.08° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.