The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 20, 1965
Waning Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
3:04 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 527
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 07m / 20.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.76° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.34° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.84° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.