The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
4:08 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1229
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 | 120.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 39.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 7.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.95° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.83° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.