The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 25, 1959
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
6:53 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 448
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 | 192.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 325.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -6.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.39° / 0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.83° / 0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.86° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.