The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 11, 1906
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
8:14 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -206
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Venus gathered
All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -20.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.16° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.62° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.