The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 11, 1940
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 215
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 | 49.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 85.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 43m / 17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.15° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.75° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.