The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 22, 2025
Last Quarter
48.3% 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
3:21 AM
12:01 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1264
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 231.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -28.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.45° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.71° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.09° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.