The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 16, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
1:00 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 515
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 82.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -20.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.50° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.35° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.