The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Waxing Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 AM
12:41 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1155
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 | 65.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 76.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 16.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.93° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.35° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.74° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.