The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 25, 2053
Waxing Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
12:47 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1611
Events on this date
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 74.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 17.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.14° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.25° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.28° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.