The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 1985
Waning Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
11:03 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 775
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 292.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 10.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.28° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.21° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.