The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 25, 2004
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
11:53 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1005
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.4° / 90.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 49m / 21.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.71° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.64° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.