The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 11, 1999
Waning Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
4:07 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 944
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 | 306.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.5° / 216.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / -4.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.12° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.66° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.46° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.