The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 11, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% 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
8:42 PM
5:39 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 527
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.2° / 314.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -21.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.29° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.94° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 223.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.