The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 11, 2081
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1959
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 84.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 41m / 28.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.73° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.21° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.