The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 25, 2023
Waxing Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1240
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 | 50.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 83.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.31° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / -1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.54° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.