The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 26, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 PM
4:47 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 776
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.4° / 4.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -13.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.92° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.98° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.