The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 28, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
2:41 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 774
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.8° / 57.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -26.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.96° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.51° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.