The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 11, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
4:40 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 660
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.3° / 16.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -9.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.60° / -1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / 2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.64° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.