The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 11, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 PM
5:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 796
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 4.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -11.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.88° / -1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / 2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.42° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.