The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 2025
Waning Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
11:07 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1264
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 239.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -28.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.02° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.98° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.90° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.