The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 23, 1985
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 AM
9:00 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 770
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.7° / 128.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 8.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.00° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.87° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.