The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 24, 2025
Waning Crescent
28.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
2:12 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1264
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 214.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -24.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.33° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.06° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.48° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.