The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 9, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
2:33 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 523
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 58.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 23.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.59° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.00° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.