The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 11, 2131
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
6:17 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2577
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 328.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -11.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.25° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.04° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 315.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.