The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 1, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
4:49 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 773
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.8° / 319.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -26.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.59° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.55° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.