The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 11, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
3:05 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 957
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 | 100.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 53.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 13.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.88° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.48° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.