The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 1965
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
3:32 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 531
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 200.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -20.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.71° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.78° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.