The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 24, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
2:32 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 776
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.6° / 57.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -22.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.36° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.33° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.