The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 5, 1985
Waning Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 772
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 265.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -26.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.60° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.59° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.