The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 6, 1985
Waning Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
2:52 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 776
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 27.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.14° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.74° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.