The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 9, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
3:03 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 526
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.6° / 51.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -19.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.61° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.13° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.