The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 1985
Waning Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
12:47 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 769
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 226.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -26.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.21° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.47° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.