The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 3, 1985
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
6:10 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 772
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.7° / 290.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -25.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.97° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.21° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.