The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 10, 1985
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
8:58 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 769
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -14.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.55° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.61° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.