The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
6:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 769
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 6.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.89° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.12° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.