The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 9, 1964
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
10:11 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 515
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 108.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 11.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.84° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.95° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.