The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
12:23 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 777
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 87.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -23.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.32° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.91° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.18° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.