The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 27, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
5:51 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 776
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.3° / 344.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -7.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.39° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.81° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.