The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 25, 1997
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
7:14 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 918
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 | 196.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.7° / 318.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -6.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.94° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / -2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.47° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.