The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
12:12 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 528
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 91.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -24.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.55° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.95° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.