The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 2, 1964
Waning Gibbous
73.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.2%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 510
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 264.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.44° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.01° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.77° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| 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.