The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 4, 1985
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
7:05 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 772
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -27.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.46° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.40° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.