The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 11, 2056
Waning Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 AM
5:51 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1649
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.6° / 192.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 2.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.94° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.88° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.