The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 11, 2019
First Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
2:16 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1192
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 61.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.64° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.89° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.