The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 11, 1982
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 734
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 267.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -22.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.58° / 1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / -1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.11° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.