The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 11, 2012
Waning Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
11:51 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1105
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 | 254.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 252.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -14.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.18° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.30° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.