The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 1965
Waxing Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
12:08 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 527
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 88.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -9.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.20° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.75° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.56° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.