The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 24, 1964
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
5:40 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 513
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 7:09 PM, is deepest at 9:06 PM and ends at 11:03 PM. Totality lasts from 8:15 PM to 9:56 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.9° / 310.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -23.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.00° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.17° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.