The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 31, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
3:45 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 770
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 46.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 23.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.73° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.30° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.