The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 1961
Waxing Crescent
23.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
11:15 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.2%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 478
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 100.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -4.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.85° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.44° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.