The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 1985
Waning Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
12:04 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 775
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 15.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.10° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / 0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.40° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.