The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 13, 1985
Last Quarter
50.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
10:55 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 769
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 244.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -26.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.77° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.66° / 4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.10° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.