The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 11, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
3:11 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1798
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 52.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 11m / -0.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.79° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.84° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.