The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 25, 1987
Waning Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
2:28 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 794
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 | 310.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 216.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -20.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.72° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.59° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.