The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 11, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
5:26 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 192
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.2° / 327.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.20° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.93° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.