The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
1:04 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 527
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 81.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.58° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.52° / -1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.13° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.