The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 14, 2025
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 PM
7:54 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1264
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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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 1:09 AM, is deepest at 2:58 AM and ends at 4:48 AM. Totality lasts from 2:25 AM to 3:31 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 319.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 0.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.51° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.32° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.76° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.0° |
| 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.