The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 1, 1985
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
9:03 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 775
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 299.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / -0.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.26° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.84° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.