The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 11, 1941
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
6:54 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 227
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Jupiter, Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 1.5° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 305.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.94° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.74° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.