The Moon on this date

Moon on Wednesday, March 25, 2071

Waning Crescent

32.2% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
E
Highest
33°
Moonset
W
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
32.2%
Age
23.6 days
Distance
403,400 km
Apparent size
29.6′
Constellation
Sagittarius
Lunation number
1833

Events on this date

  1. Mercury at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

Exact values

For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun291.10°
Phase angle110.87°
Illuminated fraction32.19%
Altitude / azimuth20.4° / 224.7°
Right ascension / declination19h 49m / -15.99°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude296.21° / 5.00°
Libration in longitude / latitude-2.04° / -5.89°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-112.44° / 0.06°
Position angle of the axis349.2°
Position angle of the bright limb81.3°
Apparent magnitude-9.1

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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