The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 11, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
2:14 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 390
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 67.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 41m / -23.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.33° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.75° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.10° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.