The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 7, 1985
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
7:33 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 769
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 332.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / 5.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.73° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.16° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.5° |
| 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.