The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 11, 1947
Waning Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
11:06 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 301
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 | 251.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 245.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -24.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.64° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.52° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.