The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 11, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
4:18 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 54
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 | 123.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 36.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 7.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.35° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.63° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.