The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 25, 2022
Last Quarter
45.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
12:27 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.2%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1227
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 229.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -26.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.66° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.58° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.