The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 25, 2011
Waning Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
11:29 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1091
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -23.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.56° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.95° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.15° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.