The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 2, 1985
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
10:55 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 776
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 304.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 07m / 18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.40° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.02° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.