The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 7, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
6:22 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 531
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 8.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 00m / 20.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.06° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / 1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.20° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.