The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 1985
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
8:01 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 770
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 144.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 3.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.19° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / 4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.08° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.