The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 11, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
4:42 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 425
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 | 150.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.2° / 14.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -10.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.33° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.51° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.45° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.