The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 25, 2085
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
8:14 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2006
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.7° / 143.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / 6.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.63° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.06° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 152.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.