The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 20, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% 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
7:29 PM
5:51 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 516
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.3° / 338.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -10.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.49° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.22° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 226.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.