The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 1965
Waxing Crescent
20.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
9:44 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.2%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 532
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 119.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.87° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.92° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.