The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 11, 1985
Waning Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
5:21 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 774
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.8° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 20m / 26.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.94° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.33° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.