The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 11, 1924
First Quarter
45.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
2:02 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.8%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 17
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 64.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 15.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.70° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / 1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.45° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.