The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 11, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
4:33 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -144
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.8° / 19.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -11.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.74° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / -0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.94° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.