The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 11, 1969
Waning Crescent
21.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
4:05 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 573
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 220.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / -1.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.11° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / 0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.43° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.