The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 10, 1964
Waxing Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
10:27 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 516
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 109.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 44m / -12.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.35° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.15° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.