The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 8, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
2:58 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 527
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.5° / 50.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -25.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.76° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.52° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.