The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 1965
Waxing Crescent
32.4% 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
1:26 PM
10:47 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 529
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 109.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -23.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.48° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / 1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.55° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.