The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 25, 2074
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
6:05 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1870
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 172.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -9.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.57° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.59° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.