The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 10, 1985
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
5:48 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 775
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.4° / 249.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 48m / 26.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.26° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.75° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.65° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.