The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 11, 2156
Waning Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
11:51 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2886
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 244.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -20.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.04° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.76° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.