The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 11, 1991
Waning Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 AM
6:02 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 845
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 | 325.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.4° / 205.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 11.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.29° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.12° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.