The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 11, 1990
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
7:02 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 833
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 | 200.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 277.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -26.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.93° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.53° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.