The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 11, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 PM
3:59 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 424
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 39.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 2.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.34° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.57° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.03° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| 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.