The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 25, 1948
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
6:56 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 312
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 332.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -2.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.81° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.62° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.