The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 11, 2141
Waxing Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
1:06 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2704
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 81.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -23.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.34° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.80° / 1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.94° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.