The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 21, 1965
Last Quarter
51.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
1:52 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.0%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 526
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 262.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 7.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.71° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.13° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.30° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.