The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 11, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% 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
3:00 PM
3:05 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 388
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 | 111.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 54.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 3.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.99° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.45° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.