The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 1965
Waning Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
2:59 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 531
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 213.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -16.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.90° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.59° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.