The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 25, 1951
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
7:20 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 349
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 296.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -16.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.82° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.47° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.