The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 11, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
4:27 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2305
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 28.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -1.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.68° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.07° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.61° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.