The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 29, 1965
Waxing Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
10:14 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 530
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 114.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -26.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.58° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.19° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.