The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 18, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
1:59 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 514
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 69.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.37° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.70° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.