The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 7, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
3:31 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 528
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 33.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -22.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.12° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.56° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.18° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.