The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 1965
New Moon
0.1% 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
7:45 AM
6:58 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 530
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 153.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -9.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.00° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.79° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.