The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 25, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
3:45 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 844
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 46.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 35m / 17.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.55° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.29° / 1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.49° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.