The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 11, 2058
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1674
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,300 km.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 262.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -25.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.48° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / 2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.11° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.