The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 11, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
4:34 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 759
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,600 km.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 29.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / 2.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.70° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.49° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.24° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.3° |
| 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.