The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 11, 1972
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
7:13 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 610
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 | 338.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.6° / 182.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 42m / 16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.50° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.55° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.