The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 11, 1970
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
1:41 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 586
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 | 70.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 67.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 22.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.31° / 3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.69° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.