The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 1965
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
8:59 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 522
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.43° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.16° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.