The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 1964
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
7:19 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 514
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,100 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.8° / 199.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 23.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.95° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.52° / -1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.06° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.