The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 11, 1999
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
7:41 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 946
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.3° / 172.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 19.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.10° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.86° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.