The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 25, 1941
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 AM
4:59 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 225
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 197.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -5.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.02° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.84° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.