The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
2:32 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 767
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 58.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.16° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.20° / 2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.31° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.