The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 16, 1964
First Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
1:45 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 513
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 68.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 7.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.99° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.29° / -6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.82° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.