The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 30, 1985
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
8:53 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 776
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 315.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 8.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.75° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / 2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.69° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.