The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 1, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
4:25 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 770
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 38.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.62° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.13° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.