The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
2:31 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1093
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 60.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 6.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.19° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.25° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.