The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 8, 1965
First Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
1:35 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 523
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 66.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 25.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.45° / 2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / -2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.19° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.