The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 11, 2180
Waning Gibbous
94.0% 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
11:10 PM
8:02 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3183
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 | 208.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.95° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.93° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| 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.