The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 11, 1997
Waxing Crescent
38.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
12:18 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.3%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 922
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 85.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -1.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.75° / 1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.18° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.