The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 1, 1985
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
10:50 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 777
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 317.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 25m / 26.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.25° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.06° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| 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.