The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 1965
Waning Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
11:44 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 527
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 280.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.46° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.19° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.21° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.