The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 25, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
6:41 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1821
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 341.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 30m / 0.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.01° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.03° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.