The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 11, 2155
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
4:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2877
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.2° / 337.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -24.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.76° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.77° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.