The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 25, 2024
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
7:38 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1252
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 12:52 AM, is deepest at 3:12 AM and ends at 5:32 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 317.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -3.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.57° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.19° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.16° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.