The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 11, 1958
Waning Crescent
39.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
2:09 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.9%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 437
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 | 281.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 239.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -6.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.29° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.97° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.