The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 11, 2143
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 AM
8:44 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2729
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.2° / 130.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 7.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.08° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.83° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 317.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.