The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 11, 2158
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
8:14 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2914
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 1.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 302.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -5.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.70° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.24° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.