The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 14, 1961
Waxing Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
10:16 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 478
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 108.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / 3.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.65° / 2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.91° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.