The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 PM
2:20 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 529
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 62.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -20.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.41° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.60° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.