The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 6, 1985
Waning Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 773
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -13.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.58° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.42° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.