The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 11, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
3:50 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 291
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.5° / 24.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -22.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.54° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.50° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| 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.