The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 11, 1929
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 AM
11:59 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 79
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 | 33.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 87.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 33m / 26.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.98° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.23° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.