The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 4, 1964
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 AM
7:06 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 516
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 161.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 4.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.03° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.43° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.