The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 1964
Waning Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
11:39 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 507
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 283.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 35m / 8.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.92° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.65° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.