The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 6, 1985
Waning Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
2:07 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 775
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 282.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 09m / 23.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.72° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / -2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.80° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.