The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 11, 2018
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 AM
4:28 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1179
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 | 310.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 212.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 13m / -2.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.80° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.26° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.