The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 1964
Waxing Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
8:56 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 517
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 125.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -15.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.34° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.70° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.