The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 31, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
12:43 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 532
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 77.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 3.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.00° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.26° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.