The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 1964
Waxing Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
9:33 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 516
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 117.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -2.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.97° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.60° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.