The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 11, 2161
Waning Gibbous
95.0% 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
11:00 PM
7:50 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2948
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.7° / 278.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -21.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.16° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.12° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.