The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 1, 1985
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
9:54 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 776
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 309.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 13.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.61° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.85° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.