The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 25, 2106
Waning Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
10:52 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2266
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 253.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -20.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.65° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.78° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.