The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Last Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 AM
1:02 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1006
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 235.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.89° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.94° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.