The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 5, 1985
Waning Gibbous
67.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
1:05 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 775
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.89° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.59° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.