The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 11, 2020
Waning Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 AM
12:32 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1206
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 261.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / -2.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.44° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.03° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.