The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 11, 2159
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
7:10 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2926
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.0° / 190.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 33m / 20.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.72° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.08° / 1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.84° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.