The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
4:31 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 779
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 35.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 19.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.24° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / -0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.14° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.