The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 25, 2191
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
8:33 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3318
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.4° / 136.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 2.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.48° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.02° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.