The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 11, 2128
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
4:34 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2540
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 26.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -1.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.45° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.56° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.81° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| 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.