The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 11, 1979
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
8:19 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 699
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,000 km.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -14.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.30° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.61° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.43° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.