The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 1964
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
6:05 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 515
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.2° / 236.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 23.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.68° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.99° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.