The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 25, 2003
Waning Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
11:37 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 992
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 238.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -26.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.51° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.28° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.