The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 1985
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
6:20 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 771
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
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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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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 2:16 PM, is deepest at 3:56 PM and ends at 5:36 PM. Totality lasts from 3:22 PM to 4:30 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.6° / 319.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -14.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.83° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.17° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| 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.