The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 11, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
4:25 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1130
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 27.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.97° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.21° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.