The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 7, 1964
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
8:26 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 517
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 131.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 27m / -10.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.93° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / -4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.91° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.