The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 9, 1985
Waning Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
3:17 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 774
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.3° / 268.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 37m / 20.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.76° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / -1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.87° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.