The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 25, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
4:33 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1079
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 35.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.81° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.20° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.