The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
1:32 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 777
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 73.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -19.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.29° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.60° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.01° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.