The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 21, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
4:55 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 515
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.1° / 341.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -20.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.44° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.38° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.