The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 11, 1959
Waxing Crescent
30.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.3%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 452
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 0.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.25° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / 1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.80° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.