The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 30, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
2:58 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 770
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 54.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 40m / 26.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.31° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.31° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.48° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.