The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 1965
First Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 532
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 88.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / -2.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.72° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.42° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.