The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 1985
Waning Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
4:00 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 769
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 199.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.01° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.07° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.