The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 20, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% 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
5:58 PM
3:01 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 514
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.1° / 51.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -20.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.04° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.84° / -1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.29° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.