The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 25, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
4:56 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 745
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 30.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.52° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.90° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.