The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 11, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
5:27 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 426
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.3° / 325.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -20.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.42° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / -2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.79° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.