The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 11, 1993
Waning Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
11:21 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 870
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 | 249.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 254.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.14° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.50° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.