The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 6, 1964
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
7:02 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 518
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 147.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.17° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.37° / -0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.97° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.