The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 4, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
1:21 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 529
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 77.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.54° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.78° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.