The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 24, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
12:38 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 775
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 87.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -26.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.57° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.64° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.