The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 28, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
4:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 775
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.0° / 346.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.62° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.88° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.