The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 25, 1995
Waning Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 AM
1:30 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 893
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 234.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -15.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.76° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.91° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.