The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 11, 1998
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
8:17 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 934
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 285.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -15.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.25° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.23° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.