The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 11, 1945
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
8:33 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 276
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.2° / 140.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 07m / 13.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.02° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.23° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.42° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 12.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.