The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 11, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
3:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 996
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.0° / 23.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -24.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.11° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.33° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.