The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 25, 2096
Waxing Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 AM
9:40 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2143
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 119.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 34m / 6.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.23° / -3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.46° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.