The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 11, 1947
Last Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
2:01 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 303
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 5.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.07° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.21° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.89° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.