The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 1, 1964
Waning Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
5:08 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 515
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.1° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 41m / 23.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.38° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.76° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.