The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 28, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
2:47 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 773
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 57.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -16.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.22° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.08° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.14° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.