The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 25, 2043
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 PM
7:30 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1487
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 8:42 AM, is deepest at 10:30 AM and ends at 12:18 PM. Totality lasts from 10:03 AM to 10:58 AM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 100.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 322.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -1.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.63° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.24° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 140.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.