The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 17, 1985
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
8:44 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 772
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.7° / 140.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 02m / 25.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.87° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.76° / -3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.29° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.