The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 25, 2017
Waning Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
5:17 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1165
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.8° / 186.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -10.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.30° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / 0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.36° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.