The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 26, 1916
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
11:04 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -84
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -25.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.05° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.23° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.