The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 28, 1985
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 AM
1:05 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 770
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 69.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 26.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.77° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.57° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.85° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.