The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 2, 1965
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 527
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 91.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -4.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.90° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.70° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.79° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.