The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 25, 1933
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
6:38 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 126
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 173.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / 1.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.56° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.53° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.