The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 11, 2042
Waning Gibbous
62.6% 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
2:06 AM
11:26 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1476
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 | 255.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -23.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.59° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.35° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| 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.