The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 25, 2006
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 AM
2:18 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1029
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 217.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.05° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.40° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| 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.