The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 8, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
2:33 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 526
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 61.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.27° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / -2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.33° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.