The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 1, 1985
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
6:57 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 774
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.8° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -19.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.78° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.25° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.