The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 5, 1985
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
6:26 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 770
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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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 338.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -5.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.10° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.51° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.