The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 11, 1988
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
4:02 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 808
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 | 304.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 221.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -1.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.63° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.24° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.