The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 24, 1964
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
10:23 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 516
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 300.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 11.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.52° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.45° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.