The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 27, 1965
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
8:40 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 530
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 128.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -22.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.73° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / 1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.59° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.