The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 7, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
4:22 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 529
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 18.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -12.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.49° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.26° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.