The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 7, 1985
Waning Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 774
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 273.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 11.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.11° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / 1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.44° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.