The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 1, 1964
Waning Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
5:33 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 516
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.2° / 234.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 19.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.08° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.43° / -4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.77° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.