The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 21, 1965
Waning Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 AM
9:29 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 523
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -25.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.76° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / 3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.10° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.