The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
5:07 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 769
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 31.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 02m / 25.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.43° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.62° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.41° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.