The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 13, 1985
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 AM
4:37 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 772
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 231.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 9.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.92° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.31° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.