The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 17, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
73.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 PM
1:36 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.2%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 515
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 76.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -22.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.30° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.33° / -0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.15° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.