The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 22, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
1:47 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 477
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 71.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -12.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.03° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / -6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.90° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.