The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 25, 1940
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
7:32 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 213
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 303.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -11.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.51° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.22° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.