The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 21, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
1:49 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 478
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.7° / 70.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.39° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.38° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.