The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 1985
Waning Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
1:57 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 776
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 37m / 27.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.97° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.56° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.