The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 29, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
3:20 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 773
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,800 km.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.3° / 43.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -21.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.70° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / 1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.94° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.