The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 11, 2196
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
9:16 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3384
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 298.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / 0.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.58° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.95° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.81° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.