The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 11, 1901
Last Quarter
49.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
12:13 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.1%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -268
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -9.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.52° / 5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.08° / -6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.28° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.