The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 11, 2080
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
12:27 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1946
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 26m / -19.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.68° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.94° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.