The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 11, 1974
Waning Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 AM
10:32 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 635
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 | 240.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 257.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.83° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.69° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| 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.