The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 25, 1979
Waning Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
4:10 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 695
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 207.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -9.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.19° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.26° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.