The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% 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
5:36 PM
2:43 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 478
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 55.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.70° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.18° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.