The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 11, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
4:35 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 289
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 30.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 4.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.09° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.84° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.