The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 8, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
5:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 529
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 357.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -7.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.79° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.39° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.10° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.