The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 11, 1980
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
5:21 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 709
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.6° / 202.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 1.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.81° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.89° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.