The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
5:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -59
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.9° / 3.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / -2.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.00° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.39° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.37° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.