The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 11, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
5:23 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 897
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 330.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.76° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.75° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.