The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 19, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
4:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 516
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.4° / 1.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -15.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.41° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.39° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.