The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 1965
Waning Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
5:37 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 529
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.7° / 206.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 30m / 8.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.65° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.16° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.