The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 11, 2166
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
6:32 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3013
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 9:27 AM, is deepest at 11:10 AM and ends at 12:54 PM. Totality lasts from 10:33 AM to 11:47 AM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 100.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 312.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -14.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.65° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / -0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.63° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.