The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 11, 2027
Waxing Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 AM
1:25 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1291
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 69.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 21.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.59° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.39° / -1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.52° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.