The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 29, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
5:51 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 775
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.9° / 323.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -16.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.63° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.70° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 219.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.