The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 2, 1964
Last Quarter
52.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
1:26 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.2%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 513
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 254.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / -1.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.41° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.82° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.46° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.