The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 25, 1976
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
2:23 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 658
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 | 304.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 227.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -12.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.75° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.31° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.