The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 1985
Waning Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 AM
10:09 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 769
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -23.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.06° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.93° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.