The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 12, 1965
Waning Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 PM
11:03 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 530
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 313.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 26.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.60° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.75° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.53° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.