The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 24, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
3:43 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 777
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.4° / 36.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -9.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.37° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.68° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.