The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 14, 1985
Waning Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
11:48 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 769
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 235.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -26.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.14° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.28° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.