The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 1985
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
12:15 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 774
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.26° / -1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.23° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.