The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 1985
Waxing Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
11:22 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 775
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 101.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -14.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.42° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / -0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.27° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.