The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 11, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
5:13 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1031
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 | 161.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 354.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -14.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.86° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.62° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.