The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 5, 1985
Waning Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
11:15 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 774
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 1.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.27° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / 4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.03° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.