The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 11, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 PM
3:13 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 623
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 | 116.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 51.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 06m / 0.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.41° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.98° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.66° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.