The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 11, 1989
Waxing Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
2:03 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 821
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 | 79.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 64.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.34° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.33° / -1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.89° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.