The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 11, 2023
Waning Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
11:37 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1241
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -23.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.28° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.98° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.54° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.