The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 1964
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 AM
7:59 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 517
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.6° / 138.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -5.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.24° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.13° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.