The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 9, 1964
Waxing Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
9:28 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 517
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 120.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -18.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.50° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.49° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.