The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 1, 1965
Waxing Crescent
38.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
11:36 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.7%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 528
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 100.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 35m / -18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.79° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.15° / -1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.37° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.