The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 1, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
4:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 772
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.3° / 358.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -18.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.35° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / 0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.16° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.