The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
12:55 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 531
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 77.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / -5.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.74° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.90° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.