The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 25, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
4:20 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 609
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 | 133.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 38.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 13.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.67° / -1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / 2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.13° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.