The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 11, 2166
Waxing Gibbous
88.8% 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
5:21 PM
4:49 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3010
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 22.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -1.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.04° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.41° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.