The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1985
Waxing Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
10:52 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 775
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 104.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -7.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.12° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.13° / -1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.50° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.