The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 11, 1985
Last Quarter
50.8% 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
2:50 AM
12:42 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 771
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 236.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.13° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.14° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.