The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 8, 1985
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
11:33 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 772
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -16.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.53° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.19° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.