The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 15, 1965
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
9:40 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 527
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -4.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.52° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.82° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.