The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 23, 1964
Waning Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
10:33 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 517
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 309.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 08m / 19.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.61° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / 3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.91° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.