The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 12, 1964
Waxing Crescent
38.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
11:32 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 516
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 101.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.58° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / -2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.71° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.