The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 2, 1965
First Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 528
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 96.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -21.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.32° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.39° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.15° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.