The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 11, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
4:43 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 422
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 33.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 19.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.50° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.61° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.