The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 11, 2107
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2280
Events on this date
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 263.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.83° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.72° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.