The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 25, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
2:58 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 238
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 54.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 49m / 18.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.69° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.81° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.