The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 1985
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
6:03 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 769
Events on this date
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 175.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / -7.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.34° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.49° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 37.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.