The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 1985
Waning Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 PM
8:01 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 769
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 313.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -1.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.82° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.31° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| 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.