The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 23, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
2:26 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 477
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 62.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -15.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.61° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / -6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.70° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.