The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 11, 2009
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
7:38 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1068
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 | 208.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 13m / -26.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.43° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.30° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.