The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 1965
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
5:08 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 529
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.7° / 230.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 14.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.26° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.95° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.