The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 17, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
1:32 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 514
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 74.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -10.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.36° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.92° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.