The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 25, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
71.5% 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
1:29 PM
3:13 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 708
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 | 115.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 51.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.52° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.97° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.72° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.