The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 1985
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
7:02 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 770
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 160.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / -2.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.31° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.30° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.