The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 25, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
87.2% 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
4:17 PM
6:02 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1215
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 | 138.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 14.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.40° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.56° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.80° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.