The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 30, 2025
Waxing Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
9:51 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1265
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.7° / 117.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 12.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.31° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.23° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.