The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 11, 1912
Waning Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
2:06 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -132
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 237.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -8.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.23° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.73° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.