The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 11, 2015
Last Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
1:22 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1142
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 243.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -10.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.59° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.19° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.