The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 11, 2038
Waxing Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
2:16 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1427
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 61.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 19.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.67° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.07° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.