The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 11, 2017
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
7:07 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1167
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 | 188.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 302.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -15.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.51° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.73° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.