The Moon on this date

Moon on Monday, May 11, 2195

Waxing Crescent

4.0% illuminated · waxing

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
NE
Highest
76°
Moonset
NW
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
4.0%
Age
1.7 days
Distance
365,900 km
Apparent size
32.6′
Constellation
Taurus
Lunation number
3369

Events on this date

  1. Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

  2. Mercury at greatest elongation

    26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

Exact values

For May 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun22.66°
Phase angle156.96°
Illuminated fraction3.99%
Altitude / azimuth49.5° / 95.7°
Right ascension / declination4h 48m / 26.36°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude73.78° / 3.96°
Libration in longitude / latitude-1.67° / -4.77°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude155.04° / 1.47°
Position angle of the axis352.2°
Position angle of the bright limb254.9°
Apparent magnitude-6.3

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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