The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 11, 1928
Waning Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
11:29 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 66
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 | 255.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 243.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -22.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.33° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.36° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.94° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.