The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 6, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
1:37 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 527
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 75.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -22.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.82° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.92° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.