The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 11, 2073
Waxing Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1860
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 83.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 54m / 19.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.80° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.55° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.