The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 11, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
4:38 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1699
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 27.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -1.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.11° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.23° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.