The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 11, 2015
Waning Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 AM
4:55 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1144
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 | 306.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.0° / 238.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.32° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.52° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.