The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 20, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
3:29 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 513
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 45.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.64° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.97° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.