The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 15, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
68.6% 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
4:25 PM
1:27 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 517
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 75.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 11m / -20.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.06° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.34° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.