The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
3:33 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 775
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.5° / 26.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -24.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.38° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.06° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.