The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 1964
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
6:57 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 516
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 323.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / -5.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.89° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.95° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 169.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.