The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 20, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 PM
1:03 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 478
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 80.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.51° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.58° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.