The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 11, 2156
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
6:07 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2889
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.9° / 251.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 28.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.89° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.91° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.