The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 17, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
2:13 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 513
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 64.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / 2.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.83° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.91° / -6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.60° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.