The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 1965
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
4:20 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 519
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 184.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -23.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.47° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.20° / 1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.07° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.