The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 23, 1965
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
5:47 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 532
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 162.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -26.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.01° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.09° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.66° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.