The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 1961
Waxing Crescent
32.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
11:47 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.1%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 478
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 96.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -8.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.27° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.22° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.