The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 11, 1978
Waxing Crescent
32.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.2%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 687
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 88.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / 0.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.03° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.98° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| 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.