The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 6, 1964
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
8:14 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 514
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.8° / 153.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 22.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.66° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.31° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.