The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 11, 1940
Waxing Crescent
43.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
12:21 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.2%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 217
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 84.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -4.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.17° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.38° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.