The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 7, 1985
Last Quarter
45.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.6%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 776
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 28m / 26.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.59° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.45° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.93° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.