The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 1985
Waning Crescent
20.8% 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
4:34 AM
1:51 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 769
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 218.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -24.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.02° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.66° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.