The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 1965
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 AM
5:56 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 528
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.0° / 234.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 21.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.61° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.45° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.