The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 23, 2025
Waning Crescent
38.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
1:03 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.1%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1264
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 222.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -27.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.19° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.09° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.28° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.