The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 11, 1986
Waxing Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
11:40 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 784
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.9° / 89.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 17m / 27.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.48° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.02° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.