The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 11, 1971
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
6:36 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 598
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 284.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -25.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.15° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.74° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.