The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 22, 1965
Waning Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
5:23 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 527
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.2° / 254.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.75° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.28° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.