The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 25, 2150
Waning Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
4:18 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2810
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 194.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -16.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.44° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.53° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.39° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.