The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 30, 1965
Waxing Crescent
3.4% 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
7:27 AM
10:56 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 526
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 2.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.0° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 10m / 23.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.38° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / -4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.18° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.