The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 1965
Waxing Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
11:43 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 532
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 98.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -7.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.65° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.93° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.58° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.