The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 25, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
2:40 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 473
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 | 107.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 57.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 34m / 18.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.22° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.51° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.