The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 11, 1985
Waning Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 AM
3:26 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 773
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.9° / 254.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 13.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.02° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.50° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.