The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 17, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% 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
5:51 PM
2:42 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 516
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 55.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -21.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.22° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.74° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.