The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 25, 1973
Waning Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
10:03 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 621
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 253.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -25.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.01° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.87° / 3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.24° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.