The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
6:54 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 517
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 339.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 22m / 3.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.26° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.54° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 213.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.