The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 11, 1918
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
10:17 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -57
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 | 15.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 107.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 12m / 22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.32° / 1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.71° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.