The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 2, 1985
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
5:48 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 773
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -27.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.82° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.36° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 152.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.