The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 29, 1965
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
10:07 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 528
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 111.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -2.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.63° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.62° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.05° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.