The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 25, 1936
Waxing Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 AM
10:25 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 164
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.7° / 107.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 19.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.85° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.33° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.