The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 29, 1985
Waning Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
9:59 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 779
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 323.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 23.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.42° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.64° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.