The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 29, 1985
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
7:53 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 776
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 322.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 3.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.79° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.32° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.52° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.