The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2025
Waning Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
10:23 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1264
Events on this date
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -26.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.86° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.97° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.73° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.