The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 11, 1948
Waxing Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
12:07 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 316
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 85.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 5.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.53° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.01° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.