The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
73.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
1:24 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.2%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 776
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.6° / 77.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -25.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.24° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.51° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| 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.