The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 11, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
5:31 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 561
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 | 167.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.1° / 339.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -16.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.49° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.04° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.