The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 16, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
2:29 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 517
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 59.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -16.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.54° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.17° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.