The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 11, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% 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
6:17 PM
2:50 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 625
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.4° / 54.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -24.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.50° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.31° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.