The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 25, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
55.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
2:35 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.1%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 807
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 | 95.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.1° / 58.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 50m / 27.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.03° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.34° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.