The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
3:43 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 516
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.7° / 30.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -18.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.66° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.56° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.