The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 25, 2063
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 AM
3:44 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1734
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 202.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -18.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.79° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / 3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.11° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.