The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 11, 1987
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
6:19 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 798
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.1° / 287.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -25.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.29° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.