The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 11, 2001
Waning Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 969
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 | 228.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 260.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -23.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.70° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.95° / 0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.89° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.