The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 11, 2016
First Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
12:47 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1157
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 80.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -3.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.73° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.38° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.