The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 25, 2157
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
7:02 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2897
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 329.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / -3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.27° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.32° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.75° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.