The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
7:06 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1066
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 161.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / 0.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.85° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.04° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.