The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 28, 1985
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
6:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 777
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 10:54 AM, is deepest at 12:42 PM and ends at 2:30 PM. Totality lasts from 12:19 PM to 1:05 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 100.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 355.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 12.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.94° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.55° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 188.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.