The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 10, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
4:41 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 527
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.2° / 339.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -23.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.43° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.13° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.