The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 11, 1942
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
7:30 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 241
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.3° / 173.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 18.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.59° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.67° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.