The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 25, 2196
Waning Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
4:12 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3379
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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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.2° / 202.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -12.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.57° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.36° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.