The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 11, 2062
Waxing Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1724
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,800 km.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 84.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 28.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.14° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.02° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.