The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 31, 1985
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
8:01 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 775
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 304.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / -6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.95° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.66° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.