The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 11, 1964
Waxing Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
10:48 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 517
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 109.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -23.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.30° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.08° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.