The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 11, 2053
Waning Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
1:44 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1612
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -9.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.12° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.77° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.