The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 11, 1980
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
8:30 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 711
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.1° / 141.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 51m / 19.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.92° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.30° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.