The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 25, 2016
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
8:37 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1153
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -8.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.94° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / -3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.73° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.