The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 PM
4:57 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 771
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 24.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 5.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.70° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.70° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.