The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 29, 1965
Waxing Crescent
23.3% 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
12:22 PM
10:07 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 529
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 114.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.90° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.28° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.76° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.