The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 11, 1975
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
10:35 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 650
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 104.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 9.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.70° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.11° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.