The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 11, 2151
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
8:38 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2827
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.8° / 137.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 21.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.57° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.50° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.3° |
| 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.