The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
12:20 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 776
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 89.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -27.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.88° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.70° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| 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.