The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 1985
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
7:46 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 777
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 344.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.74° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / -0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.60° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.