The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 1985
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
9:11 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 774
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -10.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.62° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.63° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.