The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 1964
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
9:59 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 516
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 113.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -7.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.83° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.37° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.