The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 15, 1985
Waning Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
6:39 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 772
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.6° / 206.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 18.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.62° / 0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.80° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.