The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 30, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
4:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 773
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.8° / 10.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -24.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.18° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / 3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.75° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.