The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 25, 1946
Last Quarter
52.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
10:59 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.4%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 287
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 246.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -24.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.85° / -0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.07° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.