The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 1965
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
12:55 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 528
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 287.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 19.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.50° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.43° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.