The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 25, 2187
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
8:24 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3268
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 304.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -3.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.85° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.25° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.